Adapting beloved literature into a visual medium is no easy task. You walk a tightrope between doing justice to the source material and delivering something fresh enough to justify its existence. Prime Video’s Cross, a new take on James Patterson’s famed Alex Cross series, mostly pulls it off. Mostly. But it also opens the door…
When you settle in for The Day of the Jackal, you’re not just watching a thriller. You’re signing up for a game of moral tug-of-war, one that teeters between fascination and revulsion. Peacock’s ambitious adaptation of Frederick Forsyth’s classic assassin story takes the bones of its source material and dresses them in sleek modernity, all…
Inspector Ellis isn’t your run-of-the-mill detective series; it’s a bit like a slow-burning candle casting a unique light on a familiar scene. It invites you in gradually, quietly, to a world that feels rugged, lonely, and yet unmistakably human. This isn’t a show designed for instant gratification. Instead, it’s a thoughtful, sometimes meandering journey through…
If there’s one series that takes the complexity of trauma and the messy road to survival and puts it squarely in front of you, it’s Until I Kill You. This isn’t the kind of drama that wraps up neatly or gives you the satisfaction of clear-cut justice. Instead, it’s an intense exploration of the psychological…
Let’s talk about Rebus, the new adaptation of Ian Rankin’s classic detective novels that brings Edinburgh’s dark underbelly straight to your screen. This is no standard-issue cop show, and it’s more than just another gritty crime series set in Scotland. With Richard Rankin taking on the role of John Rebus, the hard-nosed detective with his…
There’s something refreshingly unpredictable about Emilia Pérez, a film that refuses to be boxed in by any typical genre label. This isn’t your average musical or crime thriller, and it’s far from your typical “heartwarming” redemption story. Jacques Audiard’s latest work is a whirlwind that blends the high drama of drug cartels, the raw vulnerability…
A Gritty Take on a Familiar Story Absolution, Hans Petter Moland’s latest, comes with all the grime and grit we expect from a crime thriller, especially one set in the often shadowy, mist-draped landscape of New England. At first glance, it seems like yet another chapter in the Liam Neeson Action Era—a genre practically unto…
There’s a certain magnetic pull when you watch Sophie Turner take on the role of Joan Hannington in the British drama Joan. The tension she creates with Frank Dillane feels like something you can almost reach out and touch, and yet, beneath the crackling chemistry, there’s this ever-present thread of mistrust. They dance around each…
Martin Scorsese’s Mean Streets—what can be said that hasn’t already been spilled across decades of reviews, essays, and retrospectives? It’s not your typical gangster flick, and that’s putting it lightly. No glamorous mafioso sitting on a leather chair pontificating over loyalty and honor. No guns blazing in some operatic, slow-motion ballet. This is something messier,…
Joker: Folie à Deux isn’t your run-of-the-mill superhero flick. No capes, no cosmic battles, no easy morality. In fact, it’s hard to even call it a superhero movie at all. The same can be said of the first Joker—which this film builds upon, but not in a way fans might expect. Instead of delivering another…